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Access Reframed: Expanding Access with Captions
Listen to this post: I’m so excited to be invited back to speak on a panel hosted by Full Spectrum Features, All Senses Go, BACKBONES, and LaGrish! The 2020 panels on d/Deaf and disabled filmmakers and on film festival accessibility and equity were really cool, and it was an honor to be on one of…
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Pigeonhole Podcast 36: Sounds from the farm
Listen to this post: Today, a couple of audio described super short films I made in summer 2020 at Sunflower Farm. I’ve been volunteering there since shortly after the pandemic was declared. All of the organic produce and eggs get donated to food pantries and shelters, and the farm operates year-round on a fully-volunteer basis.…
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ADA31 Lead On Celebrize! Celebrate & Recognize Non-Apparent Disabilities
Listen to this post: I’ve been to a few celebrations to honor the Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary over the years. I bet for people who’ve never been, they figure we sit around and say that laws are cool. But that’s not what those events are! They include stories of continued ableism in the face…
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Pigeonhole Podcast 35: Rick Hammond in Blind Versus TBI (encore)
Listen to this post: I love doing the blast from the past encore episodes. My conversation with poet and musician Rick Hammond from nine years ago remains the most fun podcast recording I think I’ve ever done. If I remember correctly (which I’m sure is a ludicrous thing for me to say) I didn’t prepare…
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Pigeonhole Podcast 34: AAC Voices and Talking About Audio Description
Listen to this post: [Podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.] Following my 2019 episode about radio and disabled voices, today’s episode is about the way people describe synthesized voices. My guest, endever*, isn’t an audio describer, and we don’t get into Audio Description (AD) per se. But AD is what led me…